Barbell weights at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. The detail view of the discs are seen as they are stacked tidily in a rack on the ground of the gym. Starting from the smallest weight up to the largest of 10kg (kilos), the lifter can choose the relevant weight for the exercise. Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) was set up in 2002 as the catalyst for establishing the high performance sporting system in Northern Ireland. SINI is designed to provide high level support to Northern Ireland’s top athletes and coaches across a range of Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports along with a select number of sports that are important to the public in Northern Ireland including rugby, soccer, cricket, GAA, golf and motor sports.